Appliance for head therapeutics



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APPLIANCE FOR HEAD THERAPEUTIQS Filed March 30, 1927 I INVENTOR V/C/or Baffen/eld TTORNEY Patented Mamie, 1929. w UNITED ST/AT -'VICTOR P. BATTENFELD, QI

as PATENTf -OEFICEQ" 310mm) HILL, 'NEw YORK.

APPLIANCE FOR HEAD THIEJRAPTETWJ.IGS..

' AppIieation fiIed March so; 1927. Serial No. 179,496. j

\ My invention relates to an appliance for treating varlous diseases ofthe head; throat and lungs and has for its main object toprovide a device whereby a great many ailments may be treated with the best results and the least inconvenience and discomfort .to the patient. v

A further object is to so construct the device that not onl external diseases, such as eruptionson the ace and scalp, may be treat- I ed,'but that diseases, such. as catari hal and respiratory, may be treated as well.

. A still further object is to provide anap- 'pliance of this character of simple construction,'easy to adjust and manipulate, sanitary and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

These and various other objects and advantages will be readily understood from the following description and fromthe accompanying drawing of apreferred embodiment of 13 is fastened to this the devich,

vice consists of an adjustable stand 10 from which'is suspended a hood 11 made of light metal or ot er suitable material. Thehood is so constructed as to completely surround the head of a patient and terminates at the bottom in a rim 12 which fits around the patients chest, shoulders and back. To insure a substantially air-tight joint, a rubber apron A door 14 is provided in front of the hood. This door, which swings on the hinges 15' and 16, enables the physician to adjust the patients-head in the hood. A window'17 is also rovided in this door 'so that the patient may he observed during the treatment. This window is removably attached by being provided with slotted lugs 18 and 19 and secured to the door by screws .20 and 21.'

- Below the door, a shelf 22 extendsinto the hood and on this shelf, an electric heater 23 and an evaporating tray 24 are slidably placed. The heatersisprovided w1th a knob 25 and athe tray with a knob 26 by means of which they may be withdrawn. The heater is j. connected to an electric source'by the wire 27.-

A ventilator is placed some distance below the electric heater and consists of a plurality of orifices 28 drilled in the hood and a rotatmgly mounted, circular disc-29 having orifices aligningwith the onifices in the hood. A

j The disc is rotated by the handle 30.

A circular housing 31 extends. upwa dly from the top of the hood 11 and in this is contained a'small electric motor 32 driving .a fan 33. The current is supplied to this motor through the wire 34. A. plurality of air outlets 35 are provided'in the housing, as shown.

on Fig. 2.

'A soft rubber bushing 36 is inserted in an opening in the door 14 and in this bushing a bent, trumpet-shaped, air tube 37 is placed.

During certain treatments this tube is held the mouth of the patient, enabling him to lnhale the outside air. A similar, but inverted, tube is sometimes used in place of the tube shown ;'1t is substituted to enable the patient to expectorate during the treatment. The

opening in the bushing 36 also makes it possible to introduce curative media, as for example chlorine, into the hood.

x A flexible water bag 38 is attached inside and in the rear of the hood. One wall 39 of this bag conforms to the shape of the hood, while the other wall 40 is loose and hangs 7 down as shown. The walls are vulcanized together along the seam 41 to form a watertight bag. Water is admitted tothe bag. through the inlet tube 42 andflows out.

thrqugh the outlet tube 43. By circulating cold water through this bag,,the patients head and neck may be kept cool during treatment.

A lug 44 is formed on the rear of the hood and by means of this lug the hood is attached to'the stand.,10.j The stand consistsof an upwardly extending, tubular member 45 having three legs 46, 47 and 48, each provided with a caster49. A tube 50 is slidably inserted in the tubular member 45 and held in place .by a collar 51 having a clamping screw 52.

An arm 53.,isslidably mounted on the tube 50 and held in place by the-clamping screw 54. The front end of this arm is bifurcated and connects with the lug 44, the screw 55 allowing angulafiadjustment' of the hood. A collar 56', having upwardly extending -bearings 57 in which a sheave 58 is mounted, is secured on the upper end of the tube50. A

Weight 59, sliding inside the tube 50 and connected to the arm53 by a cord 60 which passes over thesheave, counterweights the hood.

1 As certain treatments would be'irritating to the eyes of the patient, the auxiliary attachment shown at Figs. 4 and '5 is provided. a

' of comparatively soft, Vulcanized rubber and constructed to fit around thepatientseyeslike a pair of goggles; the indentation 63 being provided to straddle the patients nose.

The device is employed in, the following manner:

After the-patient is seated in a suitable.

chair, the hood is lowered over his head and ,the apronarranged around his chest, shoulders and back. Through the door 14 thewall l k. 40 of the water bag 38 is arranged against the back ofthe patients head and neck; as the Water circulates through the bag, the Wall 40 will/conform to the. contour of his head and neck. If the treatment requires it, the tube 37 is inserted in the patients mouth. Medicine or medicated water is placed in the evaporating tray and heated by the heater 23 until the proper evaporation takes place. A flow of air is maintained through the orifices 28, hood 11 and fan 33. According to the nature of the treatment, the patient breathes through the air tube or, inhales' through the nose and exhales thr ugh the tube. In certain treatments only d ry, hot air is employed, while in others the curative medium is drawn in through the soft rubber bushing placed in the door, jas previously described.

Having described my invention and its operation, what I claim as new and wish to protect by Letters Patent is: v

1. In a device of the class described, a rigid hood for enclosing the head of a patient, an aperture out in the lower part of the front of ,hood' for enclosing the head of the hoodia shelf extending inwardly from the lower edge of the said aperture, an electricheater slidablymounted on said shelf, an evporating tray slideably mounted on top of said electric heater, an air-intake regu-' lator located in the hood below said electric heater, and an electric-fan-ilocated on top of the hood.

2. In a device of the class described,a rigid v hood for enclosing the head of a patient, an

aperture cut in the lower part of the front of the hood, a shelf extending inwardly from the lower edgeof the said aperture, an elec trio heater slidably mounted on said shelf, an evaporating tray slideably mounted on top of said electric heater, atlarge'r aperture formed in the upper part of the front of the hood, and a frame having an inwardly extending eye protecting member insertable in said 'arger aperture. 3. In a device .ofthe class described, .a rigid a patient, an aperture cut in the lower part of the front of the hood, a shelf extending inwardly from the lower edge of the said aperture, an elec-v tric heater slideably mounted on evaporating tray slideably mounted on top of said electric heater, a flexible water bag attached in the rear of the interior of the said shelf, an

hood and having one of its walls conformable to the shape of the head and neck of the patient, and an inlet and an outlet pipe connected to said water bag. 1

fl. In a device of the class described, a rigid hood for enclosing the head of a patient, an aperture cut in'the lower part of the front of the hood, a shelf extending inwardly from the lower edge of the said aperture, an electric heater. slideably mounted on said shelf,

an evaporating tray slideably mounted on top and the hood adjust- 5' of said electric heater, ably suspended and counterbalanced on ,a height-adjustable, movable stand. g VICTOR P.'BATTENFELD. 

